A year in exile for president evo morales is on his way to bolivia after his former cabinet member won the election. Or the transitions here joe biden presidency in the United States is gathering pace with some decisions expected in the hours ahead the president elect as you to announce a task force to tackle what he says is his top priority the coronavirus pandemic on sunday biden visited a Church Cemetery where family members are buried including his late son donald trump spent the day playing golf side washington and is refusing to concede defeat his campaign is planning legal challenges in states where hes disputing the counting of votes World Leaders including israels Binyamin Netanyahu and saudi arabias mohamed insall man have congratulated biden on his victory or former u. S. President. Republican george w. Bush also sent his well wishes heres more of whats george w. Bush to say its in and will sit on instagram he thinks buys in for the patriotic message that he delivered on sat
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The Electoral College however. We are shorthand will say president elect for me the real focus is what happened in what they were rest of the election there was no blue wave it looks like as we speak now the senate will remain in republican hands thoughts more gridlock which may not be a bad idea because of pay at one of the the senate we could have seen a number of things that a lot of conservatives would be against so you know from trumps days are numbered in the white house that it would appear but. Even without trump ive now i say there is trying to some in the media is not recognizing it and i think thats a huge mistake go ahead bob. I greeted a lot of sled victory over the blue wave they refer to. Never materialized and i think the reason why they expected as well just an ocean that electional trunk in 2016 had been a mistake and that this was their problem money because i dont think they ever came to terms with why the last 2016. Instead they spent the last 4 years under minding
Saying that trump was merely a president who came to power by with us or the kremlin and through fake news so because they never really took a. Clear as all survey of why this happened then never really addressed it and when to which is why they thought that this was merely a mistake and i think this. Is a lot firmer on the cations now further because. They see they need to come to terms with why people still voted for trump and just why they didnt have a blue a bunch of get this whole idea that the country would again go back to normal and unified it was again based on that did the trunk was a mistake and people would reject him but again he so turned out to have started an entirely new movement and even if hes gone some little pick out there and there will continue all same of a lot of the same policies and i guess the main problem is theres no i dont see any possibility for cation bringing the country together because again theyre the main concern or problem people i was trying to i
To discuss these issues and more im joined by my guest landis and in oslo hes an associate professor at the university of south eastern norway as well as author of the upcoming book russian conservative ism and here in moscow we have except he wrote hes the founder of the center of political strategic analysis strapped all right gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to glenn in oslo again whats your major takeaway from this election here joe biden has been declared president elect though he shouldnt be because the electors have not sat down and voted for the Electoral College however. We are shorthand will say president elect for me the real focus is what happened what they were rest of the election there was no blue wave it looks like as we speak now the center. Will remain in republican hands thoughts more gridlock which may not be a bad idea because of pay at one of the the senate we could have seen a n